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  • Kids get taste of life as an adult in Mad City Money

    Writing checks to pay bills, buy cars, houses, furniture and other life's necessities -- even child care -- had 29 youth from ages 12 to 18 buzzing with excitement at the Tinker Youth Center July 23. In the two-hour Mad City Money role-playing event, each child was given a packet with a specific

  • Family Retreat set for August

    Charlie's mom is preparing to deploy to the war zone. All Charlie knows is her mom is going to fight the bad guys and it is dangerous. Charlie's parents notice she is becoming emotionally withdrawn even to the point of being apathetic. Also, she seems to be regressing in many different areas. Then

  • Underage alcohol use: What’s the cost?

    Alcohol is the drug of choice among youth. Many young people are experiencing the consequences of drinking too much, at too early an age. As a result, underage drinking is a leading public health problem in the country. In 2007, the Century Council reported that underage drinking cost the citizens

  • Sexual assault prevention is everyone’s responsibility

    For too long, sexual assault prevention has focused on the victim -- putting the onus on those in jeopardy instead of those committing the acts. But at Tinker, stopping sexual assault where it starts is part of the new Bystander Intervention Training. While all branches of the military offer sexual

  • Letter from the director of golf

    Dear Tinker Golfers,I wanted to take this opportunity to apologize to you about the recent conditions of our golf course. We experienced a failure of the primary golf course irrigation system which directly affected the health of our greens. In addition, there was a failure to the secondary water

  • Paintball field open, ready for battles

    Tinker has it, but nobody is taking advantage of it. Nobody. The paintball field is going unused.Open since March, there are three paintball fields just north of the pool on McNarney Avenue. Two are standard barrel fields and one, is an airball field. Accessible to anyone with base access, the

  • Reserve White pummels Reserve Gold

    It was a battle of white and gold Tuesday night. Reserve Gold's furnace was lit -- with the right formations and personnel, the squad had several early chances at victory. But, clutch execution was the dross for Gold and Reserve White hammered home the 25-6 route in early season flag football

  • ‘America’s Wing’ welcomes Col. Rauch as new commander

    America's Wing did not disappoint. Despite an intense heat wave July 15, hundreds of Airmen, Air Force, state and civic officials welcomed new 552nd Air Control Wing Commander Col. John Rauch at his change-of-command ceremony.Lt. Gen. Glenn F. Spears, 12th Air Force commander, presided over the

  • Tinker’s VPP program progressing

    Two on-base Voluntary Protection Program teams will soon receive an important visit. An Air Force Materiel Command Headquarters Safety team is scheduled to visit the 72nd Air Base Wing and 76th Commodities Maintenance Group July 26-30 to review their safety practices. The AFMC VPP team visit is

  • 327th ASW holds inactivation ceremony

    Though the 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing officially inactivated July 1, the ceremony was held July 16 in the base theater. The inactivation is the result of an Air Force-wide structure realignment decided in 2009. Outside of being renamed the Aerospace Sustainment Directorate and issued a new